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Just popped outside to the yard on this somewhat dim but fairly mild autumn day in Ōtautahi. Saw a wee (grass) skink in the lizardarium, and in the greenhouse the monarch chrysalis has come of age - the butterfly is out and drying its wings (quite a few caterpillars were on the swan plant in the greenhouse - the monarch(s) who laid the eggs was threading the needle to get in to it! But it's a happy day! I just hope it's not too late in the season for for the monarch to fly north...